Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) Address(es) Marco Fossa 15, Via Opera Pia, 16145, Genova, Italy (work Address) Telephone(s) +39 010 353 2198 Telephone(s) +39 010 353 2198 Fax(es) + 39 010 311870 E-mail marco.fossa@unige.it Nationality Italian Date of birth 21/3/1964 Gender Occupational field male Research and Teaching (University Level) Work experience Dates January 1992-may 1992 Occupation or position held Scientific Associate Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Cern, European Organization for Nuclear Research Type of business or sector Research Dates 1993-2007 Occupation or position held Research Professor Main activities and responsibilities Research and Teaching Name and address of employer Type of business or sector University Dates 2006 Occupation or position held Visiting Professor Main activities and responsibilities Research and Teaching Name and address of employer The University of the New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Type of business or sector University Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Education and training Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training 2007-present Associate Professor Research and Teaching University 1990-1993 Doctorate (3 yrs course) PhD in Thermal Engineering Thermal Engineering and Heat Transfer Page 1/5 - Curriculum vitae of
Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training 1984-1989 Mechanical Engineering (5 yrs degree course) Mechanical Engineer Mechanical Engineering Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) Teaching, Modelling, Organising and carrying out Research activities in the field of Thermal Sciences and Thermal Engineering Italian Other language(s) English, French Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production Language English C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 Language French C1 C1 B2 B2 B2 A2 Language Spanish B1 B1 A2 A2 A2 A1 Additional information Author of about 120 scientific papers in the field of Thermal Engineering Professor at the, Faculty of Engineering, of: Applied Thermodynamics, Renewable Energies, Solar and Geothermal Energy International collaborations and Agreement: University of Lyon and Insa Lyon, EdF Le Renardieres, Cern, Polytech Savoie, University of the New South Wales (Sydney), Royal Institute of Technology KTH Stockholm, Polytech Montreal Visiting Appointments: The University of the New South Wales, Sydney (as Visiting Professor): 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 Cern, Geneva: 1991, 1992, 1997-2005 (CMS particle detector project) University of Nottingham, SChEME, 2001 Member of international PhD juries: Unsw Sydney (2011 and 2012), Lyon 1 (2007, 2011 and 2013), Tetouan (2010) Director of Master courses at the University of Genova: (2010 and 2011) Design of Geothermal heat Pump systems ( Progettazione di Sistemi Geotermici a Bassa Entalpia per Applicazioni a Pompa di Calore); (2009 and 2010) Building Energy Certification Research grants received In the past five years: about 130k Annexes Scientific publications in the last 6 years, Scientific publications on geothermal heat pump applications Page 2/5 - Curriculum vitae of
Annex 1 Marco Fossa: Publications, years 2008-2013 1) M. FOSSA, C. Ménézo, and E. Leonardi, Experimental Natural Convection On Vertical Surfaces For Building Integrated Photovoltaic (Bipv) Applications, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 32, pp.980-990, 2008 2) J. Vareilles, S. Giroux-Julien, C.Ménézo, M. FOSSA, E. Leonardi, Numerical And Experimental Investigation Of Natural Convection In Double Facades, CHT-08, Int. Conf. Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Marrakech, May 2008 3) M. FOSSA, G.Tanda, Pool Fire Model Comparison for Radiation Evaluation in Case of Fire in Tank Farms, CHT-08, Int. Conf. Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Marrakech, May 2008 4) M.FOSSA, F.Devia, a Model for Radiation Evaluation and Cooling System Design in Case of Fire in Tank Farms, Fire Safety Journal, vol. 43, pp. 42 49, 2008 5) A. Marchitto, F. Devia, M. FOSSA, G. Guglielmini, C. Schenone, Experiments on Two-Phase Flow Distribution inside Parallel Channels of Compact Heat Exchangers, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, vol. 34, pp. 128 144, 2008 6) M.FOSSA, G.Tanda, Qualitative Observations and Measurements of Free Convection Frost Formation in Vertical Channels, 19th Int. Symp. on Transport Phenomena, 17-21 August, 2008, Reykjavik, ICELAND 7) A. Marchitto, M. FOSSA, G. Guglielmini, the Effect of Header Geometry on Air Water Two-Phase Flow Distribution in Parallel Vertical Channels, Int. Conf. Multiphase Flow in Industrial Plants, September 7-10, 2008, Palermo, Italy 8) M. FOSSA, A. Marchitto, A simplified Approach for Predicting the Intermittent Behaviour of Gas-Liquid Mixtures in Pipes, Asme Journal of Flow Engineering, vol. 131, 2009 9) G.Tanda, M. FOSSA, E.Leonardi, C.Menezo, Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Staggered Discrete Thermal Sources: State-of-the-Art, Int. Symp. on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy, April 2009, Tunisia. 10) A.Marchitto, M.FOSSA, G.Guglielmini, Distribution of Air-Water Mixtures in Parallel Vertical Channels as an Effect of the Header Geometry, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 33, 5, pp. 895-902, 2009 11) S.Giroux Julien, C.Ménézo, J.Vareilles, H.Pabiou, M.FOSSA, and E.Leonardi, Natural Convection in Nonuniformly Heated Channel: application To Photovoltaic Facades, Computational Thermal Sciences, vol. 1, pp. 231 258, 2009 12) M.FOSSA, O.Cauret, M.Bernier, Comparing the Thermal Performance of Ground Heat Exchangers of Various Lengths, Effstock Int. Conference, Stockholm, June 2009. 13) C.Menezo,M.FOSSA, H.Pabiou, S.Giroux-Julien C, M.Amara, V.Timchenko, G.Tanda, Optimisation des Echanges Convectifs pour l integration de Composants Photovoltaiques au sein du cadre Bati et la Conception de Nouveaux Capteurs Solaires Hybrides Photovoltaïque-Thermiques, 1 er Colloque International Francophone d Energétique et Mécanique, CIFEM 2010, pp. 196-203, Saly, (Sénégal), 17-19 may 2010. 14) M.FOSSA, G.Tanda, Frost Formation in Vertical Channels Under Natural Convection, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, vol. 36, pp. 210 220, 2010 15) A.Marchitto, M.FOSSA, G.Guglielmini, the Effect of the Flow Direction Inside the Header On Two-phase Flow Distribution in Parallel Vertical Channels, ASME-ATI-UIT Conference, Thermal and Environmental Issues in Energy Systems, Sorrento, Italy, 16-19 may, 2010. 16) M.FOSSA, the Temperature Penalty Approach to the Design of Borehole Heat Exchangers for Heat Pump Applications, Energy and Buildings, vol. 43; p. 1473-1479, 2011. 17) M.FOSSA, D. Dalla Pietà, Numerical Evaluation of Bhe Thermal Resistance for Ground Coupled Heat Pump Applications, Alternative Sources/Sinks for Heat Pump and Air-Conditioning Conference, Padova, 5-7 Aprile 2011. 18) M.FOSSA, F.Minchio, Comparison of Borehole Heat Exchangers Response Based On Different Hourly Load Models, Alternative Sources/Sinks for Heat Pump and Air-Conditioning Conference, Padova, 5-7 Aprile 2011 19) M.FOSSA, A Fast Method for Evaluating the Performance of Complex Arrangements of Borehole Heat Exchangers, Ashrae Hvac & Res. J. vol. 17:6, p. 948-958, 2011 20) S.Lazzari, A.Priarone, M.FOSSA, Territorial mapping for the exploitation of low-enthalpy geothermal resources, UIT Conference 2011, p.485-490, 2011 21) M.FOSSA, G,Guglielmini, A.Marchitto, Effects of The Presence of Protrusions on The Air-Water Distribution in Parallel Vertical Channels, Int. Conf. Multiphase Flow in Industrial Plants 2011. 22) A.Marchitto, M.FOSSA, G.Guglielmini, the Effect of the Flow Direction Inside the Header On Two-phase Flow Distribution in Parallel Vertical Channels, Applied Thermal Eng. J., 36 pp. 245-251, 2012 23) M.FOSSA, D.Dalla Pietà, Geotermia, Analisi Tempovariante: Dinamica del Terreno e Dimensionamento degli Impianti a Pompa di Calore Geotermica, Aicarr Journal, pp. 62-66, 2012. 24) M.FOSSA, Focus Geotermia, Il Giornale dell Ingegnere, pp. 12-15, giugno 2012. Page 3/5 - Curriculum vitae of
25) M.FOSSA, C.De Domenico, Astronomic Sun Tracker Performance and Solar Energy Collection Comparison for Different Italian Sites, 7 th IEEE SOSE Conference, pp. 65-70, Genova, Italy 16-19 july 2012. 26) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando, Ground properties evaluation for the design of geothermal heat pump systems and uncertainty measurement during the Thermal Response Test, pp. 180-185, 7 th IEEE SOSE Conference, pp. 119-124, Genova, Italy 16-19 july 2012. 27) G.E. Lau, V. Timchenko, C. Ménézo, S. Giroux-Julien, M. FOSSA, E. Sanvicente, J. Reizes, G.H. Yeoh, Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Unsteady Natural Convection in an Open Channel, Proceedings of CHT-12 ICHMT International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Bath, England, July 1-6, 2012. 28) G.E. Lau, V. Timchenko, C. Ménézo, S. Giroux-Julien, M. FOSSA, E. Sanvicente, J. Reizes, G.H. Yeoh, Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Unsteady Natural Convection in an Open Channel, Computational Thermal Science, 4 (5), pp 443 456, 2012. 29) J. Acuna, M.FOSSA, P.Monzo, B. Palm, Numerically Generated g-functions for Ground Coupled Heat PumpApplications, Comsol European Conference, Milan, 2012 30) Lau, G.E., Sanvicente, E., Yeoh, G.H., Timchenko, V., FOSSA, M., Ménézo, C., Giroux-Julien, S., Modelling of Natural Convection in Vertical and Tilted Photovoltaic Applications, Energy and Buildings, vol. 55, pp. 810-822, 2012. 31) M.FOSSA, F.Minchio, The effect of borefield geometry and ground thermal load profile on hourly thermal response of geothermal heat pump systems,, Energy, Volume 51, n.1, pp. 323-329, 2013 32) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando (2013). An improved method for vertical geothermal borefield design using the Temperature Penalty approach. In: EGEC. Proceedings European Geothermal Congress. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 33) M.FOSSA, E.Paietta (2013). Comparison of Multiple Load Aggregation Algorithms for annual hourly simulations of geothermal heat pumps. In: Proc. Egc 2013. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 34) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando, A.Priarone, J.Vaccaro (2013). Numerical evaluation of the Ground Response to a Thermal Response Test experiment. In: Proceedings of EGC 2013. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 35) Monzo P, Acuña J., FOSSA M., Palm B. (2013). Numerical generation of the temperature response factors for a Borehole Heat Exchangers field. In: Proceedings EGC 2013. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 36) M.Misale, M.FOSSA, G.Tanda (2013). Experimental and numerical investigation of free convection in a vertical water channel. In: Proc. ExHFT- 8. p. 1-7, P.J.Coelho, M.Costa, ISBN: 9789728620233, Lisbon, Portugal, 16 June 2013 Page 4/5 - Curriculum vitae of
Annex 2 Marco Fossa: Publications, Geothermal Heat Pump Applications 1) D. Dalla Pietà, M.FOSSA, Modeling and Design of Borehole Heat Exchangers for Ground-Source Heat Pump Applications, XXIV Congresso Nazionale UIT, Napoli 21-23, june 2006 2) D. Dalla Pietà, M.FOSSA, A Tool for Borehole Heat Exchanger Design for Ground-Source Heat Pump Applications, Climamed Conference 2007, pp. 527-543, Genova, September 2007. 3) M.FOSSA, O.Cauret, M.Bernier, Comparing the Thermal Performance of Ground Heat Exchangers of Various Lengths, Effstock Int. Conference, Stockholm, June 2009. 4) Channels, ASME-ATI-UIT Conference, Thermal and Environmental Issues in Energy Systems, Sorrento, Italy, 16-19 may, 2010. 5) M.FOSSA, the Temperature Penalty Approach to the Design of Borehole Heat Exchangers for Heat Pump Applications, Energy and Buildings, vol. 43; p. 1473-1479, 2011. 6) M.FOSSA, D. Dalla Pietà, Numerical Evaluation of Bhe Thermal Resistance for Ground Coupled Heat Pump Applications, Alternative Sources/Sinks for Heat Pump and Air-Conditioning Conference, Padova, 5-7 April 2011. 7) M.FOSSA, F.Minchio, Comparison of Borehole Heat Exchangers Response Based On Different Hourly Load Models, Alternative Sources/Sinks for Heat Pump and Air-Conditioning Conference, Padova, 5-7 April 2011 8) M.FOSSA, A Fast Method for Evaluating the Performance of Complex Arrangements of Borehole Heat Exchangers, Ashrae Hvac & Res. J. vol. 17:6, p. 948-958, 2011 9) S.Lazzari, A.Priarone, M.FOSSA, Territorial Mapping for the Exploitation of Low-Enthalpy Geothermal Resources, UIT Conference 2011, p.485-490, 2011 10) M.FOSSA, D.Dalla Pietà, Geotermia, Analisi Tempovariante: Dinamica del Terreno e Dimensionamento degli Impianti a Pompa di Calore Geotermica, Aicarr Journal, pp. 62-66, 2012. 11) M.FOSSA, Focus Geotermia, Il Giornale dell Ingegnere, pp. 12-15, june 2012. 12) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando, Ground properties evaluation for the design of geothermal heat pump systems and uncertainty measurement during the Thermal Response Test, pp. 180-185, 7 th IEEE SOSE Conference, pp. 119-124, Genova, Italy 16-19 july 2012. 13) J. Acuna, M.FOSSA, P.Monzo, B. Palm, Numerically Generated g-functions for Ground Coupled Heat PumpApplications, Comsol European Conference, Milan, 2012 14) M.FOSSA, F.Minchio, The effect of borefield geometry and ground thermal load profile on hourly thermal response of geothermal heat pump systems,, Energy, Volume 51, n.1, pp. 323-329, 2013 15) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando. An improved method for vertical geothermal borefield design using the Temperature Penalty approach. In: EGEC. Proceedings European Geothermal Congress. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 16) M.FOSSA, E.Paietta. Comparison of Multiple Load Aggregation Algorithms for annual hourly simulations of geothermal heat pumps. In: Proc. European Geothermal Conference 2013. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 17) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando, A.Priarone, J.Vaccaro. Numerical evaluation of the Ground Response to a Thermal Response Test experiment. In: Proceedings of European Geothermal Conference 2013. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 18) Monzo P, Acuña J., FOSSA M., Palm B. (2013). Numerical generation of the temperature response factors for a Borehole Heat Exchangers field. In: Proceedings European Geothermal Conference 2013. p. 1-8, ISBN: 9782805202261, Pisa, 3/6/2013 19) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando, Fully analytical FLS solution for Fast Calculation of Temperature Response Factors in Geothermal Heat Pump Borefield Design, 11th Int. Energy Agency Heat Pump Conf., Montreal, May 12-16, 2014 20) M.FOSSA, D.Rolando, Improving the Ashrae Method for Vertical Geothermal Borefield Design, 11th Int. Energy Agency Heat Pump Conf., Montreal, May 12-16, 2014 Page 5/5 - Curriculum vitae of